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[The English and Spanish fleets on 1 - 2 August 1588]. Disbound sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: circa 1:250,000 (bar). Ungraduated chart of the track of the Spanish Armada. The bar scale is in English miles. The chart contains the coats of arms of
1590
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The action at Bergen, 2 August 1665. The action was fought in an attempt by the English to destroy some Dutch Indiamen which had taken refuge there. The Danish forts supported the stout defence of the Dutch ships, which succeeded in repulsing the superior
1666
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Cutter and frigate becalmed. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
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Frigate under sail. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
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Shipping. Technique includes engraving.
2 Aug 1784
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32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 32 ft Pinnace. Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1795-?].
Dated: 2 August 1798
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Newcastle, New South Wales. Print
2 Aug 1824
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The Cutter Yacht Cynthia 50 Tons... R.T.Y.C. Winning the L50 Purse at Torbay, Augt 24th 1849. Built April 1849 by Messrs Wanhill, of Poole. Hand-coloured.
2 Aug 1850
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Getting out one of the large buoys for launching August 2nd. (Great Eastern). A team of sailors on board the 'Great Eastern' letting out one of the bouys used to mark the position where the cable was lost. The position was 51° 25'N 39&d
1865
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